Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE:VNO) versus alstria office REIT (OTCMKTS:ALSRF) Financial Analysis

alstria office REIT (OTCMKTS:ALSRF) and Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE:VNO) are both real estate companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their risk, profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, dividends, valuation and earnings.

Institutional & Insider Ownership

90.0% of Vornado Realty Trust shares are held by institutional investors. 9.0% of Vornado Realty Trust shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Valuation & Earnings

This table compares alstria office REIT and Vornado Realty Trust”s revenue, earnings per share (EPS) and valuation.

	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
alstria office REIT	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Vornado Realty Trust	$1.81 billion	3.95	$904.96 million	$0.02	1,917.25

Vornado Realty Trust has higher revenue and earnings than alstria office REIT.

Profitability

This table compares alstria office REIT and Vornado Realty Trust’s net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
alstria office REIT	N/A	N/A	N/A
Vornado Realty Trust	3.71%	1.37%	0.43%

Analyst Recommendations

This is a breakdown of recent recommendations for alstria office REIT and Vornado Realty Trust, as reported by MarketBeat.

	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
alstria office REIT	0	0	0	0	0.00
Vornado Realty Trust	4	6	4	0	2.00

Vornado Realty Trust has a consensus target price of $39.83, suggesting a potential upside of 3.88%. Given Vornado Realty Trust’s stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Vornado Realty Trust is more favorable than alstria office REIT.

Summary

Vornado Realty Trust beats alstria office REIT on 9 of the 9 factors compared between the two stocks.

About alstria office REIT

alstria office REIT AG is the leading real-estate operator focusing solely on German office property in selected German markets. Our strategy is based on the ownership and an active management of our properties throughout their entire life cycle, strong added-value services to our customers and deep knowledge of the markets in which we operate. alstria strives for sustainable long-term value creation while taking advantage of short-term arbitrage of inefficiencies in the real estate markets.

About Vornado Realty Trust

Vornado Realty Trust is a fully – integrated equity real estate investment trust.